Mammy stereotype
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A mammy is a U.S. historical stereotype depicting women of African descent, usually enslaved, who did domestic work, including nursing children. The fictionalized mammy character is often visualized a
"Mammy's Cupboard", 1940 novelty architecture restaurant in Adams County, Mississippi
A cartoon depiction of a white man kissing a Black woman on a card, 1900
Clipping from a Chicago Tribune headline to build the monument to Ol' Black Mammy, May 29th, 1910
Sculptor Ulric Stonewall Jackson Dunbar with a maquette of his proposal for the "mammy memorial", 1923
Billy Kersands
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Billy Kersands was an African-American comedian and dancer. He was the most popular black comedian of his day, best known for his work in blackface minstrelsy. In addition to his skillful acrobatics,
Billy Kersands from a poster for Callender's (Georgia) Minstrels, early 1870s
